Todd Gordon

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Here’s Jeff Webber’s and my intervention on the nature of the Trump regime and fascism for @journalspectre.bsky.social

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Ontario’s proposed ‘special economic zones’ are antidemocratic power grab, opponents warn Doug Ford’s government is positioning Bill 5 as a way speed up approvals for critical-minerals projects and others

They can complain about him all they want, but this is Trump’s gift to Ford & a Canadian capital fantasizing about rolling back labour, environmental & indigenous rights by decades.

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Against Bad Arguments for Terrible Things – Spectre Journal Holly Lewis takes a sledgehammer to John Rees's attempt to Marx-wash antitrans bigotry.

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The main auto workers' union, Unifor, has passed a resolution calling for plants to be seized if companies try to shift production to the U.S., and at a Windsor tool maker, workers blocked trucks that were trying to leave with equipment.

Our latest from @midnightsunmag.bsky.social: @johncke.bsky.social on transforming the trade war into class war.

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“After all the shouting and the saber-rattling and the lecturing and the pleading and the politicking had ceased, the American president shifted a little in his seat and shared an observation.

“This is going to be great television,” he remarked. “I will say that.””

The “section” of the US ruling class most committed to rethinking US foreign policy in an increasingly multipolar world is led politically by those the least capable of diplomatically maneuvering through it. The US in the 3rd decade of the 21st c; diplomacy in the age of social media & reality tv.

#50: Trump's Tariffs: How Should the Left Respond? Trump's Tariffs: How Should the Left Respond? . . . The threat of sweeping US tariffs has touched off a political crisis in the Canadian state. Todd Gordon and Mostafa Henaway discuss how the left is

My discussion with David Camfield & Mostafa Henaway on the dangers of the left nationalist response to Trump’s tariff war.

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We Need Workers’ Solidarity, Not “National Unity,” in Response to Trump’s Tariffs Todd Gordon on why Canadian nationalism is a dead end, and on the need for a strategy centred around mass struggle and workers’ solidarity across borders.

Here’s my response to the resurgence of Canadian nationalism — left & otherwise — in the context of the tariff war: a political dead end, we need instead a much more far reaching, & internationalist, response animated by struggles from below.

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Trudeau’s comments that Trump wants critical minerals highlights U.S. reliance on Canadian resources Prime Minister said Donald Trump wants to annex Canada to gain access to critical minerals, adding to existing signs that the U.S. President realizes the value of Canadian resources to his country

Weakening environmental regulations, more pipeline expansion, defending “our” critical minerals — it’s clear Cdn capital & the state are exploiting the crisis caused by Trump’s tariff war to pursue what’s always been their plan but which is made much easier if we accept _their_ nationalist agenda.

Eros and Alienation: Capitalism and the Making of Gendered Sexualities — Radicals in Conversation With Alan Sears. In this episode we discuss the new book, Eros and Alienation: Capitalism and the Making of Gendered Sexualities. Alan Sears lays out his expansive understanding of key ideas like labo...

Great interview with @alansearslefty.bsky.social on his new book Eros & Alienation.

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Trump, the anti-monetarist, has a different theory of inflation.

“If the Fed had spent less time on [diversity, equity and inclusion], gender ideology, ‘green’ energy, and fake climate change, inflation would never have been a problem.”

Elon Musk makes surprise appearance at AfD event in eastern Germany Tycoon tells 4,500 people at campaign event in Halle to be proud of German culture in speech via video link

Just an “awkward gesture”according to the msm & zionists? By the man doubling down on his support for the AFD, speaking to its election rally today & insisting “There is too much focus on past guilt, and we need to move beyond that.”

Clearly in-fighting in Trump circles isn’t bw a non-far right (the tech billionaires) and the far-right MAGA core, but bw far right factions. Whether they’ll be reconciled or it’ll combust, supporting visas for tech workers doesn’t negate support for the European far right or giving nazi salutes.

Mark Carney casts himself as a political outsider with launch of Liberal leadership bid Former central banker pledges to focus on the economy, argues for less federal spending in move to differentiate himself from Justin Trudeau

Ya, running not one but two different central banks and being on the board of major multinational corporations means you're totally outside politics. A real fresh face. You can totally trust him.

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In Farewell Address, Biden Warns of an ‘Oligarchy’ Taking Shape in America President Biden did not explicitly name President-elect Donald J. Trump, but his remarks went straight at the tension at the heart of the incoming White House.

“Taking shape”. NYT & Biden discover the capitalist ruling class.

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Singh calls for suspension of critical minerals exports to U.S. if Trump imposes tariffs Canada is the largest foreign supplier to the U.S. of minerals such as potash, indium, aluminum and tellurium

Another expression of how politically useless and bereft of vision the NDP is. Singh’s default response is to defend the free trade status quo premised in the deepening property rights of capital at the expense of workers & the environment.

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Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right politician, 1928-2025 National Front founder led the movement for decades before passing the baton to his daughter Marine

A little bright spot in these dark times.

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Major U.S. banks quitting Carney-led climate alliance ahead of Trump’s return to office Morgan Stanley is the latest to leave the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, against a backdrop of growing backlash to environmental, social and governance measures

Not that this climate initiative by financial capital should’ve been taken seriously but it’s telling that with Trump’s election they’re not even going to pretend they’re doing anything meaningful.

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Elon Musk backs Germany’s far-right AfD Billionaire entrepreneur wades into election campaign by reposting criticisms of frontrunner Friedrich Merz

Tracks

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This was a great event by Spectre Journal demolishing the absurd campist myths about Assad & offering thoughtful discussion about what comes next for Syria.

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‘What choice do they have?’: America’s CEOs bend the knee to Donald Trump Even the president-elect’s corporate opponents are rushing to embrace him at Mar-a-Lago

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